• Tomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.ml
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      Are you fine with all the suffering that “the lower classes” are to continue to be subjected to in the case of the US continuing to exist as is, then?

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Economic suffering of the lower classes is already guaranteed, as it has been for many decades in the USA, worse and worse practically every year.

      The federal government is incredibly expensive, and not worth the cost; we really would be okay without a world-dominating military that can attack anywhere in the world in 24 hours. Our state governments are 100% capable and there is no need of the redundancy.

      The FED goliath all costs much more than the returns, and only makes the military and banker profiteers wealthy.

      • 0xDREADBEEF@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Economic suffering of the lower classes is already guaranteed, as it has been for many decades in the USA, worse and worse practically every year.

        Literally not. There are ways to reduce suffering via a UBI + rent stabilization + jobs bills like we’ve done in the past, for instance. It happened during covid—we have the infrastructure. That alone could offset a shitton of unnecessary suffering while they figure out a new economic model. A UBI can be temporary or not if necessary. Point is—there are options. You just gave up is all. That’s a you problem. “Economic suffering of the lower classes is already guaranteed”

        Even if there is suffering that is going to happen, balkanization is not the best option. It just takes some creative thinking by people.

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      6 hours ago

      Pales in comparison to the economic benefit to the global working class if US imperialism ends.

      Still not good that workers will suffer, but US balkanization would be a good thing for humanity at large.

      • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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        No because that’s not what Balkanization means. Balkanization is the process by which a country splits into various smaller countries, like what happened to the former Yugoslavia.

        The US is increasingly dysfunctional, but it’s still in one piece

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            4 hours ago

            They’ve not been renamed. Trump proclaimed it from his ass and twelve people on earth with access to a popular driving app accepted it and changed the names on the said app.